NOTICE OF JUDGMENT NO. 1003.
(Given pursuant to section 4 of the Food and Drugs Act.)
ADULTERATION AND MISBRANDING OF TOMATO CATSUP.
On April 11, 1911, the United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Iowa, acting upon the report by the Secretary of Agri- 
culture, filed information in the District Court of the United States 
against the Burlington Vinegar & Pickle Co., Burlington, Iowa, 
alleging shipment by that company, in violation of the Food and 
Drugs Act, on or about December 3, 1909, from the State of Iowa into 
the State of Nebraska, of a quantity of tomato catsup, a food, which 
was adulterated and misbranded. The product was labeled: (Main 
label) " Tomato Catsup, Burlington Vinegar & Pickle Works, Bur- 
lington, Iowa." (Neck label) " Does not contain any artificial color- 
ing matter." (On sticker) " The catsup contained in this bottle is 
manufactured from whole ripe tomatoes, granulated sugar, salt, pure 
spices, and distilled vinegar. Contains 1/10 of 1% benzoate of soda. 
Net contents 13 oz."
Analysis by the Bureau of Chemistry showed that the product con- 
tained yeasts and spores to the extent of 900 per one-sixtieth cmm., 
with bacteria at the rate of about 20,000,000 per cc, and abundant 
molds. Adulteration was alleged for the reason that these substances 
were present in the product, and that it therefore consisted in whole 
or in part of a filthy, decomposed, and putrid animal or vegetable 
substance. Misbranding was alleged for the reason that the state- 
ments on the label above indicated did not conform to the composi- 
tion of the product, and that such label was therefore false and mis- 
leading.
The defendant company pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs.
JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary af Agriculture* 
WASHINGTON, D. C, June SO, 1911.
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